BSS
  27 Jan 2024, 18:30

Two US passport holders arrested with $100,000 at HSIA

DHAKA, Jan 27, 2024 (BSS) – The customs department at Hazrat Shahjalal International

Airport (HSIA) on Friday arrested two Bangladeshi-origin US passport holders with $100,000,
equivalent to approximately Taka 11 crore.  
The duo was carrying the currency without declaration.
The detained passengers were identified as - Md Rezaul Karim Khan and Md Jashim Uddin
Khan. They were supposed to board a Qatar Airways flight (QR 641) on Friday, said Easir
Arafat, Officer-In Charge of airport police station
When searched, $100,000 was seized from the two passengers scheduled to leave
Dhaka airport on the flight.
A case was filed against them under the Anti Money Laundering Act, police officials
said.
They are currently in the custody of the airport police station, he added.